The Nyāyacandrikā of Gayadāsa and its Manuscripts

The Nyāyacandrikā by Gayadāsa (fl. ca. 1000, Bengal) is one of the important early commentaries on the Suśrutasaṃhitā. It was discussed by Meulenbeld (Meulenbeld, 1999, pp. 1A: 380-383). It is the oldest commentary for which we have any surviving manuscripts.

Surviving portions of the Nyāyacandrikā

Very few manuscript witnesses for the Nyāyacandrikā survive. Today, we have only the following manuscript fragments:

Sūtrasthāna

• MS Bikaner Anup 4389

  Diplomatic transcription of this manuscript has begun, and can be viewed:

  • here for 1.2
  • here for 1.6

Nidānasthāna

• MS Bikaner Anup 4390 (Paris BnF Cordier 1177 & 1235 are copies of Anup 4390)

Śārīrasthāna

• MS Jaipur RORI 6838. This MS was commissioned in Ahmedabad in 1468 CE by the same person as MS Bikaner RORI 5157 (Kalpasthāna) below. The scribe may be different. The manuscript includes both commentary and mūla.

• MS Cambridge UL add. 2491

  Diplomatic transcription of this manuscript has begun, and can be viewed:

  • here for 3.1
  • here for 3.4

Kalpasthāna

• MS Bikaner RORI 5157 Dated 1468 CE. This is part of the same manuscript commission as MS Jaipur RORI 6838 above.

  Diplomatic transcription of this manuscript has begun, and can be viewed:

  • here for 5.1

Published portion

The only fragment to be published so far is the commentary on the Nidānasthāna, which was edited and included by Yādavaśarman Trivikramji Ācārya in his 1938 edition of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ācārya & Ācārya, 1938).

References

1. A History of Indian Medical Literature

   Gerrit Jan Meulenbeld

   1999

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2. श्रीडल्हणाचार्यविरचितया निबन्धसंग्रहाख्यव्याख्यया निदानस्थानस्य श्रीगयदासाचार्यविरचितया न्यायचन्द्रिकाख्यपञ्जिकाव्याख्यया च समुल्लसिता महर्षिणा सुश्रुतेन विरचिता सुश्रुतसंहिता

   Yādavaśarma Trivikrama Ācārya and Nārāyaṇa Rāma Ācārya

   1938

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